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Letter from Alfred Tennyson to G.F. Watts, dated 27 December 1872, telling the artist that he and other friends of James Martineau desire that he should paint Martineau. |
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render justly:
he himself knows nothing of this earnest desire among his friends
and admirers, to have him added to your historical gallery. Pray
revolve it in your mind & let me if possible have a favourable
answer. Your house here promises to be a very handsome one. Shall we see you here next |
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